Mrs. O'Shane's 11th Grade English Honors
Lessons for week of Jan 26, 2015

Monday: Great Gatsby Chapter 1-2
Tuesday: Great Gatsby
Wednesday: Great Gatsby Ch 3: NY Times Article Facebook
Thursday: Great Gatsby Ch 4
Friday: Great Gatsby Ch 5: Work on Gallery Walks Resource


Feb 2: GG Ch 6
Feb 3 GG Ch 7
Feb 4 GG Ch 8
Feb 5 GG Ch 9
Feb 6 GG Review


Feb 9 GG Test
Feb 10 GG Movie
Feb 11 GG Movie
Feb 12 GG Movie
Feb 13 Gallery Walk Due/ Valentine's Day

Feb 16 No School
Feb 17 Of Mice and Men
Feb 18 Of Mice and Men
Feb 19 Of Mice and Men
Feb 20 Of Mice and Men









Angela's Ashes Web Activity

All answers must be written in complete sentences. Answer the questions completely.

See attached blank map of Ireland. Using Link 1 draw in the Limerick, Northern Ireland, River Shannon, Dublin, and Lough Neagh

Link 2
Answer the following questions about the Irish flag
1. In the Irish flag, what color is placed nearest the flagpole?
2. What color represents the native people of Ireland?
3. What color represents the British who settled in Northern Ireland in the 1700's?
4. What does the color in the middle of the flag represent?

5. When was this flag first used? ___


Link 3
Visit the Limerick of Angela’s Ashes and tour the streets Frank grew up on. Look at the pictures found on the links to: Roden Street, First Jobs, City Center. As a whole, how would you describe the area? Use adjectives in your creative description)

Link 4
What is the IRA? What is the Old IRA?

What was the Easter Rising of 1919?

Was it a success or not? Why was it important?


Links 5 & 6
Frank’s father is always singing Kevin Barry and Roddy McCorley songs.

Who was Kevin Barry? Give two sentences. Listen to the song.


Links 7 & 8

Who was Roddy McCorley? Give two sentences. Listen to the song.



Why do you think Malachy sings about these two?


Link 9
Pictures make events seem more real. Look at some of the war propaganda and photographs from the era of the Old IRA and the struggle with the British.


Link 10
The Black and Tans were an important aspect of Post-War Ireland. What function did they serve?


Malachy also tells Frank Cuchulain stories. Watch the clip at Link 11 and tell how Setanta became Cuchulain.


Link 12
Malachy hangs a portrait of Pope Leo XIII and claiming he was a great friend to the working man. Read about the principle of subsidiarity as outlined by Pope Leo XIII.

Summarize the pricipal of subsidiarity in a sentence or two. Do you think it was a good idea. Why or why not?


Link 13
Frank is named after St Francis of Assisi. St. Francis was the patron saint of what? Do you think this fits Frank’s personality? Why or why not? Give specific evidence.


Web Activity Links

Angela’s Ashes Web-Quest

Link 1 Map
Map

Link 2 Irish Flag
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/europe/ireland/flag.shtml

Link 3 Tour of Limerick
http://homepages.iol.ie/~avondoyl/angelas1.htm

Link 4 IRA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army

Link 5 Kevin Barry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Barry

Link 6 Music


Link 7 Roddy McCorley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_McCorley

Link 8 Music


Link 9 Photos and Propaganda
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/easterrising/gallery/index.shtml

Link 10 Black and Tans
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/black_and_tans.htm


Link 11 CuCuhulain
How Setanta became Cuchulain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_legends/northern_ireland/ni_7/video_1.shtml


Link 12 Catholic Social Teaching
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity#Catholic_social_teaching<br />|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity#Catholic_social_teaching]]

Link 13 St. Francis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi









This course includes a thematic approach to American Literature and Non Fiction. The themes that we cover include the following: Non-Conformity, American Dream, and the Human Spirit.


fitzgerald_pic.jpg
Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald


hemingway.jpg
Ernest Hemingway


student survey